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president obama is doing neither one. >> tell me about the fundamental charge that obama is making, which is that the tax cuts that we tried under bush that romney wants to do again he argues that they're, a, not paid for, and, b, won't create jobs. how do you think mitt romney handled that attack? >> i think governor romney handled that well because the truth is he's proposing tax reform. increasing investment in jobs, all very true. that's a source of growth paid by by broadening the base. ty approach the bowles-simpson commission. >> not specified? >> there are hundreds of ways to do this. bowles-simpson is good. there are ways to do this. the point is it's straightforward to do and it encourages economic growth. we need to do it. >> let me ask you your thoughts on the benghazi question and answer exchange there. a lot of people believe that in fact the president did wait the two weeks to tell the country that in fact this was a terrorist attack. do you think this was a missed opportunity on mitt romney's part in terms of his attacking the president on this? how did you think he did wi
president obama is doing neither one. >> tell me about the fundamental charge that obama is making, which is that the tax cuts that we tried under bush that romney wants to do again he argues that they're, a, not paid for, and, b, won't create jobs. how do you think mitt romney handled that attack? >> i think governor romney handled that well because the truth is he's proposing tax reform. increasing investment in jobs, all very true. that's a source of growth paid by by broadening...
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president obama? you know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. the president hasn't disappointed you because he wanted to. the president has disappointed america because he hasn't led america in the right direction. he took office without the basic qualification that most americans have and one that was essential to the task at hand. he had almost no experience working in a business. jobs to him are about government. i learned the real lessons about how america works from experience. when i was 37, i helped start a small company. my partners and i had been working for a company that was in the business of helping other businesses. so some of us had this idea that if we really believed our advice was helping companies, we should invest in companies. we should bet on ourselves and our advice. so we started a new business called bain capital. the only problem was while we believed in ourselves, not many other peop
president obama? you know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. the president hasn't disappointed you because he wanted to. the president has disappointed america because he hasn't led america in the right direction. he took office without the basic qualification that most americans have and one that was essential to the task at hand. he had almost no experience working in a business. jobs to him are...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. bp has paid overthe people of bp twenty-threeitment to the gulf. billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping mi
president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. bp has paid overthe people of bp twenty-threeitment to the gulf. billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: he keeps saying it... mitt romney: this president cannot tell us that you're... better off today than when he took office. anncr: well... here's where we were in 2008... tv anncr: the worst financial collapse... since the great depression... tv anncr: american workers were laid off in numbers not seen... in over three decades. anncr: and here's where we are today... thirty months of private sector job growth. creating 4.6 million new jobs. we're not there yet. but the real question is: whose plan is better for you? the president's plan asks millionaires... to pay a little more... to help invest in a strong middle class. clean energy. and cut the deficit. mitt romney's plan? a new 250,000 dollar tax break for... multi-millionaires. roll back regulations on the banks that cratered the economy. and raise taxes on the middle class. president clinton: they want to go back to the same old... policies that got us in trouble in the first place. president obama: we're not going back, we are moving forward. anncr: f
president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: he keeps saying it... mitt romney: this president cannot tell us that you're... better off today than when he took office. anncr: well... here's where we were in 2008... tv anncr: the worst financial collapse... since the great depression... tv anncr: american workers were laid off in numbers not seen... in over three decades. anncr: and here's where we are today... thirty months of private sector job growth. creating 4.6...
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later obama versus romney. when it comes to the economy who is the better bet? we will give you some answers. how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on how accurate they've been in the past. i'm howard spielberg of fidelity investments. the equity summary score is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. get 200 free trades today and explore your next investing idea. accolade overdrive. zagat just gave hertz its top rating in 15 categories, including best overall car rental. so elevate your next car rental experience with the best. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. >>> time for pops and drops. we kick it off with a drop for lex mark. >> people not buying a printers not a good thing. it didn't help with lex mark. they fall better than 3%. >> fdl a pop. 3%. >> a little more on the earnings. the margin pressure might be ending this quarter. i still think they are seeing a lot
later obama versus romney. when it comes to the economy who is the better bet? we will give you some answers. how do you know which ones to follow? the equity summary score consolidates the ratings of up to 10 independent research providers into a single score that's weighted based on how accurate they've been in the past. i'm howard spielberg of fidelity investments. the equity summary score is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. get 200 free trades today and...
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obama, mr. ryan. the unemployment rate did drop but the number of jobs created last month way less than expected and the reason the unemployment rate dropped, not the good ones. senior economics reporter steve liesman with us now. give us some reaction to what the president's saying here and the three things you need to know about this jobs report this morning. >> i think this is not a helpful report for the president. even the unemployment rate which came down as you said for the wrong reason. people dropping out of the work force. we'll show you that now. i want to highlight a few numbers. things you don't normally hear about on the jobs report. average hourly earnings falling for the private sector. take a look. year over year, up 1.73%. never nudged above 3% which you can see in this recovery. that doesn't bode well for income and spending in the coming months and predictive. let's look at the growing number of americans stopped looking for job and still want a job. 7 million americans. that's up
obama, mr. ryan. the unemployment rate did drop but the number of jobs created last month way less than expected and the reason the unemployment rate dropped, not the good ones. senior economics reporter steve liesman with us now. give us some reaction to what the president's saying here and the three things you need to know about this jobs report this morning. >> i think this is not a helpful report for the president. even the unemployment rate which came down as you said for the wrong...
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when you ask are you better off than you were four years ago when barack obama became president, you see a split. 38% say yes, i'm better off. 41%, 3% more, say no. they are worse off, 21% say they are still the same. but barack obama wants to make it a forward-looking race about the next four years and when you ask who is better prepared to lead the country for the next four, you see president obama ahead 47%, that's distinct. mitt romney talks about americans, 47% who pay no income taxes being dependent on the government, look at these leads it mitt romney has among senior citizens, 15 percentage points, those who say he is better prepared to lead the country, five points among people with incomes of 30,000 to 50,000. why do i cite those two? because senior citizens and working families are among the people in that 47% category that mitt romney was talking b smavgt the tax foundation says, tyler that married couples with two children up to 47,000 dollars in income will generally is no income tax liability. >> john harwood, thanks very much. you will be back with us later this hour
when you ask are you better off than you were four years ago when barack obama became president, you see a split. 38% say yes, i'm better off. 41%, 3% more, say no. they are worse off, 21% say they are still the same. but barack obama wants to make it a forward-looking race about the next four years and when you ask who is better prepared to lead the country for the next four, you see president obama ahead 47%, that's distinct. mitt romney talks about americans, 47% who pay no income taxes...
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romney was going to fact check president obama as obama made false statements, as obama always does make false statements. >> oh, come on. >> do you think romney will fact check him or is that too cheeky or snarky in a debate? >> romney has been preparing for the debate. he knows the issues, he knows the data. what they're trying to do is get romney to pull back and go back to that big vision. >> what vision? where is it? >> tax breaks, 20% across the board. >> that was beautiful the way you got that out. hold on. you can see the whole presidential debate here on cnbc wednesday night, coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. here on the kudlow report here on the debate. and i will be participating all night. the next three months after the activists on the supreme court turned left and upheld obama care, now judge john roberts is tanned, rested, ready and is back. the next question is will the supremes going to the right or get back to the left side of the street. all that next on kudlow. [ male announcer ] the 2013 smart comes with 8 airbags, a crash management system and the world's only tridion s
romney was going to fact check president obama as obama made false statements, as obama always does make false statements. >> oh, come on. >> do you think romney will fact check him or is that too cheeky or snarky in a debate? >> romney has been preparing for the debate. he knows the issues, he knows the data. what they're trying to do is get romney to pull back and go back to that big vision. >> what vision? where is it? >> tax breaks, 20% across the board....
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you've got 47% today that are going to vote for president obama. and that's 6% that you are going to make the decision. remember this. this election is going to be a referendum on the president's economic policies. they failed. they've actually made the economy worse. he's going to try to make the election about everything other than his failed economic policies. what republicans need to do is keep focused on the issues that americans most care about and that's the question, where are the jobs? >> and yet you've got people like george soros giving money to super pacs. does this concern you? >> of course it does. the campaign system is out of control. the money flowing into these races are numbers beyond anybody's imagination. but the american people are pretty smart. they figure these things out pretty well and it's going to be about the economy. the president can't run on it and i'm, frankly, pretty pleased at the position that mr. romney is in at this point. and, frankly, i think he's got a lot of room to grow. >> and you said moments ago that yo
you've got 47% today that are going to vote for president obama. and that's 6% that you are going to make the decision. remember this. this election is going to be a referendum on the president's economic policies. they failed. they've actually made the economy worse. he's going to try to make the election about everything other than his failed economic policies. what republicans need to do is keep focused on the issues that americans most care about and that's the question, where are the jobs?...
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he's making the charge, obama that is, making the charge that obama is the outsourcer in chief. however the president has some selective memory. listen to what he said in 2009. >> a lot of the outsourcing referred to in the question really has to do with the fact that our economy, if it's dependent on low wage, low skill labor it's hard to hang on to those jobs because there is always a country out there paying lower wages than the u.s. not all of the jobs are going to come back. it probably wouldn't be good for our economy for a bunch of the jobs to come back. >> singing a different tune. now fast forward to the present. our next guest says president obama doesn't know what outsourcing means. is the president such an amateur economist that he did you want know the difference between outsourcing and offshoring? all right. let's talk. we have kevin williamson, national review deputy managing editor. okay. first, outsourcing. >> outsourcing means contracting k an encore business process. if you're a hotel you don't want maids on the payroll. you hire a cleaning service. not the sa
he's making the charge, obama that is, making the charge that obama is the outsourcer in chief. however the president has some selective memory. listen to what he said in 2009. >> a lot of the outsourcing referred to in the question really has to do with the fact that our economy, if it's dependent on low wage, low skill labor it's hard to hang on to those jobs because there is always a country out there paying lower wages than the u.s. not all of the jobs are going to come back. it...
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obama were reelected down 2.5%. governor romney's portfolio consists of what you may expect, some of the banks, some of the traditional energy names, drillers, oil exploration companies, that portfolio getting a lift of about 1.3%. so you have to position yourself here with, again, 3 1/2 weeks or so? >> sure. >> before the election? >> i look at this, the portfolio of what the reactions are. and i actually like the move already in the financials. i think the financials have that much more of a leg regardless of the candidate. however, you've got a nice little bit of a boost after last week and how well mr. romney did in those debates, but i think either way these stocks can go higher. i think across the entire spectrum of these names. the financials, particularly the ones that are going to give you a healthier dividend have more upside. but i think either way, these names will continue to work for the upside. >> yeah, morgan stanley and citi are chosen as part of the portfolio. pick some names from the energy space?
obama were reelected down 2.5%. governor romney's portfolio consists of what you may expect, some of the banks, some of the traditional energy names, drillers, oil exploration companies, that portfolio getting a lift of about 1.3%. so you have to position yourself here with, again, 3 1/2 weeks or so? >> sure. >> before the election? >> i look at this, the portfolio of what the reactions are. and i actually like the move already in the financials. i think the financials have...
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if you were to elect president obama you know what you're going to get. you're going to get a repeat of the last four years. we can't afford four more years like the last four years. he said by now we would have unemployment at 5.4%. the difference between where it is a and 5.4% is 9 million americans without work. i wasn't the one that said 5.4%. this was the president's plan. didn't get there. he said he would have by now put forward a plan to reform medicare and social security. because he pointed there on the road to bankruptcy he would reform them, get that done. he hasn't even made a proposal on either one. he said in his first year he would put out an immigration plan to deal with our immigration challenges. didn't file it. this is a president who has not been able to do what he said he would do. he said he would cut in half the deficit, he hasn't done that either. in fact, he doubled it. he said that by now middle had-north texhad income families would have a reduction by $2,500 a year. it's gone up by $2,500 a year. if obama care is passed or imp
if you were to elect president obama you know what you're going to get. you're going to get a repeat of the last four years. we can't afford four more years like the last four years. he said by now we would have unemployment at 5.4%. the difference between where it is a and 5.4% is 9 million americans without work. i wasn't the one that said 5.4%. this was the president's plan. didn't get there. he said he would have by now put forward a plan to reform medicare and social security. because he...
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obama in florida attacking romney for attacking obama care. why? obama care among seniors and everyone else is probably the most hated program in america. why would he do that? >> but, larry, let's back up. i agree on entrepreneurs and growth. it's got to be the focus of politics. i disagree on the fundamental interpretation of the poll. first, the economy is bad. voters aren't happy about that. romney should be killing obama in the horse race. absolutely killing him with these numbers with unemployment over 8%. he's not. it's still a horse race. >> it's 39 for obama. >> no, no. >> 55 for romney on the economy. >> i'm talking -- >> how much more -- get there. >> romney should be able to translate that into a lead in the national poll and he's not. second, and this is key. there is really bad news here for romney. three pieces of news. first, on the middle class, obama kills him. 52-38 on who is better for the middle class. only 11% of the people in the poll, 11% think romney's policies would be good for the middle class. george bush. romney is tied
obama in florida attacking romney for attacking obama care. why? obama care among seniors and everyone else is probably the most hated program in america. why would he do that? >> but, larry, let's back up. i agree on entrepreneurs and growth. it's got to be the focus of politics. i disagree on the fundamental interpretation of the poll. first, the economy is bad. voters aren't happy about that. romney should be killing obama in the horse race. absolutely killing him with these numbers...
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thank you, everybody. >> president obama in a very impromptu and wide ranging news conference that took place basically right after the white house briefing taking place every day. ality abo at about this time but the president made an appearance and took questions. john harwood joins us for analysis of that. he started out, though, basically planting the flag that he found the comments by respective akin offensive and then progressed to number of other key issues ending up with syria. >> reporter: absolutely. that provided a very auspicious opener for the press conference by the president. one of the things planted the flag on today was rebutting the criticism of some in the press, some in the romney campaign, he is not accessible to the press and chose this at a moment when the hot political story of the moment is one that's very unflattering for the republican party to have a nominee in a major state like missouri make the kind of idiotic statements that representative akin made. you have had two sitting u.s. senators, ron johnson, fellow republicans, ron johnson of wisconsin, scott
thank you, everybody. >> president obama in a very impromptu and wide ranging news conference that took place basically right after the white house briefing taking place every day. ality abo at about this time but the president made an appearance and took questions. john harwood joins us for analysis of that. he started out, though, basically planting the flag that he found the comments by respective akin offensive and then progressed to number of other key issues ending up with syria....
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president obama won the popular vote. he won probably 332 electoral votes and he ran on a very clear message of let the top tax rates expire, we'll deal with the rest of it and take the spending cuts off the table. i think house republicans eventually are going to have to come and meet him some of the way. they lost tea party members in the house and lost tea party members in the senate. there are a lot of ceos that my questions is come out in the next couple of weeks and stand behind the president, saying we can't allow this fiscal cliff to happen. president saying let's let the top rates expire and move forward with that plan. i think he has a whip hand more than the house gop does. >> what's going to be the impact, kenny? we had these ceos down here with us on the floor of the new york stock exchange. it is a powerful group of people. >> it absolutely is but i think we're getting that reaction today. i think ben is right that the market is soelg selling off. it is repricing the risk based on what the new reality looks
president obama won the popular vote. he won probably 332 electoral votes and he ran on a very clear message of let the top tax rates expire, we'll deal with the rest of it and take the spending cuts off the table. i think house republicans eventually are going to have to come and meet him some of the way. they lost tea party members in the house and lost tea party members in the senate. there are a lot of ceos that my questions is come out in the next couple of weeks and stand behind the...
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>> for these numbers on obama's spending, they took 80% of obama's $850 billion stimulus bill and dumped it on george bush. can you explain to me how that works? >> first of all, this is one person who did this study. i understand the obama administration people are picking up on this. i don't cacenn't care about thi. >> study you don't care -- >> the arguments -- >> you said -- >> i did not quote the -- >> we'll throw it out. >> politifact. but my point is if you look at the numbers, though, that the real issue here is not whether we are increasing the spending because there's no verifiable numbers that indicate there's -- >> hold on. >> let me ask you one question -- >> no, you're not the host of the show. hold on one second. >> where's the spending? >> i think everybody here at this table can agree that under bush we spent too much money. that is why the tea party exists, because people got tired. they were tired of spending. they were tired of -- and they got a president who wanted to increase spending even more. they don't want it. as far as they can tell, we're going on 12 years of
>> for these numbers on obama's spending, they took 80% of obama's $850 billion stimulus bill and dumped it on george bush. can you explain to me how that works? >> first of all, this is one person who did this study. i understand the obama administration people are picking up on this. i don't cacenn't care about thi. >> study you don't care -- >> the arguments -- >> you said -- >> i did not quote the -- >> we'll throw it out. >> politifact. but...
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for example, why is it true that household income has dropped $4,000 since president obama came in to office? those are the questions that most americans are asking and those are the questions that folks want remedies to. they're not so much interested in gotcha comments. the president has made his missteps when he said you didn't build it and those types of things. but i think most americans are focused in on their own families, their own communities and their own possible prosperity an they see a president that is really underperformed. >> congressman, thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >>> brian schactman joins us now with the market flash. >> sky work solutions, swks, has been investor date today. they upgraded guidance above consens consensus. because they are inside the guts of the iphone 5, expectations were higher. the stock getting hit rather hard here. you saw a midday swoon. 18.5% volume on this stuff usually, simon, now breaking news on bank of america. >> little bit of clarity on those bank of america lay-offs. reports they'll ramp up to 16,000 lay-offs as part of
for example, why is it true that household income has dropped $4,000 since president obama came in to office? those are the questions that most americans are asking and those are the questions that folks want remedies to. they're not so much interested in gotcha comments. the president has made his missteps when he said you didn't build it and those types of things. but i think most americans are focused in on their own families, their own communities and their own possible prosperity an they...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. >>> of course, weather can be a game-changer on election day and historically, republicans should be praying for rain. i don't agree with that but that's the historic view. more to the point, here's is paul walsh, vice president of weather analyticth at the weather company. paul, what's the threat here? what's the s
president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy,...
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we interview people who knew obama, knew his dad. i interview obama's half brother. many times in the film you see obama doing very incriminating things. you see him lean over to medvedev and whisper to him -- >> conspiracy theory. >> yeah, let's talk after the election medvedev, i've got some stuff to give you, but if i tell the american people now -- >> the president of the united states. we can look at his record. >> the mike wasn't on. oh, the mike wasn't on, my friend. that's what he didn't want the american people to know. >> it doesn't make a difference -- >> because he cares so much, right? we don't have to listen -- >> you are smart enough to know what the american people don't know is ridiculous and you ought to be ashamed of yourself. >> you go to dartmouth together? >> i went to dartmouth because he was there. >> okay. >> because he's been fermenting this nonsense. >> for 30 years now, i cannot contribute. >> i'm glad you do, larry, but the reality is they've done some evil things. i was there when they did evil things. and i don't want to get into dinesh
we interview people who knew obama, knew his dad. i interview obama's half brother. many times in the film you see obama doing very incriminating things. you see him lean over to medvedev and whisper to him -- >> conspiracy theory. >> yeah, let's talk after the election medvedev, i've got some stuff to give you, but if i tell the american people now -- >> the president of the united states. we can look at his record. >> the mike wasn't on. oh, the mike wasn't on, my...
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the state of connecticut is called for obama. an important state there with a high profile senate race between linda mccann and representative chris murphy and the district of columbia just three electoral votes is called for president obama. >> we're waiting on florida right now florida is still too close to call. this of course is one of the t hotly contested states. florida too close to call. the polls are closed in florida. onto illinois where obama has taken illinois. as you can see there illinois is going to the president. maine also going to the president tonight. nbc news projecting president obama is the winner of maine. onto maryland where we are also seeing president obama take maryland. and that of course ten electoral votes. >> interesting. the state of massachusetts governor romney's home of course as governor at least being called for barack obama. also home to a very high profile senate race between senator scott brown and elizabeth warren of harvard. the woman who set up consumer protection bureau. mississippi is
the state of connecticut is called for obama. an important state there with a high profile senate race between linda mccann and representative chris murphy and the district of columbia just three electoral votes is called for president obama. >> we're waiting on florida right now florida is still too close to call. this of course is one of the t hotly contested states. florida too close to call. the polls are closed in florida. onto illinois where obama has taken illinois. as you can see...
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obama 49%, romney 47%. not many much change. >> cnbc will carry tomorrow's presidential debate live from hofstra university, out on long island. the pre-debate coverage, the pre-game, begins on "the kudlow report" at 7:00 p.m. eastern and we will take through until the day is done. sue. >>> indeed we will, ty. listen up -- the countdown to christmas is on. believe it or not, only 70 days to go. goldman sachs isn't quite all that bullish on the season's biggest star, which of course is the toys. we've got the call. >>> and with the dow up about 90 points, let's take a look at some of the biggest monday movers. clearwire, citigroup, abbott labs and texas instruments all with significant gains. clearwire leading the way, up 16%. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person. [ rodger ] at sco
obama 49%, romney 47%. not many much change. >> cnbc will carry tomorrow's presidential debate live from hofstra university, out on long island. the pre-debate coverage, the pre-game, begins on "the kudlow report" at 7:00 p.m. eastern and we will take through until the day is done. sue. >>> indeed we will, ty. listen up -- the countdown to christmas is on. believe it or not, only 70 days to go. goldman sachs isn't quite all that bullish on the season's biggest star,...
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it's obama care and the effort to pass the tax. it's dodd frank and it's $4.5 trillion in growth of the national debt. and it's no balanced budget amendme amendment. this list goes on and on, and i think that last line, i hate to see what the score will be like if the second half is quarterbacked by barack obama, that, i think, really does ring true to conservatives here at cpac. >> i want to ask you, the debt ceiling debate was a disappointment to grassroots conservativ conservatives. we didn't cut much out of deficits and debt. the tea party, you were part of the tea party and you still are. is the tea party kind of down? is the tea party demoralized? i don't see the energy that it had a year ago. >> oh, i think that's a fair observation, but to some degree the candidates have picked up the agenda of the tea party and so that takes some of the urgency away from them, but i think they'll come back together behind our nominee and they will then start to place their agenda out there and raise the priority again. remember, they put t
it's obama care and the effort to pass the tax. it's dodd frank and it's $4.5 trillion in growth of the national debt. and it's no balanced budget amendme amendment. this list goes on and on, and i think that last line, i hate to see what the score will be like if the second half is quarterbacked by barack obama, that, i think, really does ring true to conservatives here at cpac. >> i want to ask you, the debt ceiling debate was a disappointment to grassroots conservativ conservatives. we...
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obama when obama didn't make the case for himself? we've got cnbc contributor ari melber and phil musser, a romney surrogate and 2008 romney campaign adviser. gentlemen, welcome. ari, one of the things that struck me about the debate last week is president obama didn't really make the case to re-elect himself, and i don't know how you're going to fix that, and i don't know whether joe biden can fix that. i want you to tell me how to fix that and whether biden can do that this evening. >> i think he can. i think the bottom line is barack obama has the best job numbers in four years. you were just talking to jack welch about that. some conservatives are so unhappy with how good that is for the president that they want to make stuff up about it. i think what joe biden's got to do tonight is get in there and explain exactly how we got here and how we could be even farther along if republicans weren't filibustering so many jobs programs in the senate. that doesn't -- filibustering the senate. i didn't defend the numbers per se. i said ther
obama when obama didn't make the case for himself? we've got cnbc contributor ari melber and phil musser, a romney surrogate and 2008 romney campaign adviser. gentlemen, welcome. ari, one of the things that struck me about the debate last week is president obama didn't really make the case to re-elect himself, and i don't know how you're going to fix that, and i don't know whether joe biden can fix that. i want you to tell me how to fix that and whether biden can do that this evening. >>...
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tom, isn't obama the biggest flip-flopper here? >> frankly, obama argued before the supreme court that it was a tax. that was one of their arguments. again, by conflating this small penalty, this $600 penalty is going to hit fewer than 1% of people, with all of obamacare where states set up free market exchanges and people can buy insurance at lower prices, it doesn't serve -- >> larry. >> it confuses the american people. >> lars larson, i have to ask you, i think obama has deliberately confused the whole issue. lars, the entire republican party, including the congress, including the house, is going to use the idea that there is an obamacare tax. that is what the court, for better or worse, ruled. and they're going to overturn it on that basis. so i want to ask you, lars, will mr. romney and team romney now stay wit in a unified republican argument so that they can repeal it on july 11th and work through there from the campaign? will they be unified? will they get their line straight finally? >> it's the only way he's going to win.
tom, isn't obama the biggest flip-flopper here? >> frankly, obama argued before the supreme court that it was a tax. that was one of their arguments. again, by conflating this small penalty, this $600 penalty is going to hit fewer than 1% of people, with all of obamacare where states set up free market exchanges and people can buy insurance at lower prices, it doesn't serve -- >> larry. >> it confuses the american people. >> lars larson, i have to ask you, i think obama...
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president obama or mitt romney. we ask td ameritrade ceo who has the pulse on what individual investors think. >>> we all know that this is going to be the most expensive presidential election, ever. but you really are not going to believe how much is spent per second for your vote. we're also expected to here hear about a revolutionary way to fight high cholesterol. listen up if you have it. t we have the big unveil covered. "street signs" at the top of the hour. back to you on "power lunch." >>> president obama and governor romney are sprinting through those key battleground states on the last day of campaigning. president and ceo of the national urban league is here, the former mayor of new orleans. he joins us, as does the founder and ceo of christie strategies and former special assistant to george w. bush. welcome, gentlemen. this one is going to be a squeaker. ron, i'll start with you. tell me why you think mr. romney will prevail. >> i'm cautiously optimistic. i think governor romney for the last several wee
president obama or mitt romney. we ask td ameritrade ceo who has the pulse on what individual investors think. >>> we all know that this is going to be the most expensive presidential election, ever. but you really are not going to believe how much is spent per second for your vote. we're also expected to here hear about a revolutionary way to fight high cholesterol. listen up if you have it. t we have the big unveil covered. "street signs" at the top of the hour. back to you...
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under the obama plan, the taxes go up by $250,000. a year. under the romney plan, less generous than ryan, taxes would go down for those million-plus earners by around $250,000. so under romney, it's 250. under ryan, it's 264. >> a big difference here is what they do with capital gains. ryan says no tax on capital gains. romney has a tax on capital gains for the above 250k mark. >> ryan eliminates capital gains taxes on dividends, investments for everybody. and romney kind of means tests it, i guess, where he says, look, if you're earning a lot of money, you're going to pay the capital gains taxes but, you know, below that which is, you know, most investors, they would haven't to pay this -- the capital gains tax at all. >> all right. let's move on to facebook. the lookup period set to expire pretty soon. do we expect to see a lot of selling, john? the insiders if they do sell, are they going to be richer? >> everybody is predicting a big sale and a lot of selling pressure and put pressure on the stock of facebook. i talked to investors who t
under the obama plan, the taxes go up by $250,000. a year. under the romney plan, less generous than ryan, taxes would go down for those million-plus earners by around $250,000. so under romney, it's 250. under ryan, it's 264. >> a big difference here is what they do with capital gains. ryan says no tax on capital gains. romney has a tax on capital gains for the above 250k mark. >> ryan eliminates capital gains taxes on dividends, investments for everybody. and romney kind of means...
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i tell you, i think the clinton people are leaving the obama people and it's costing obama a lot of dough. stay with us. it's an interesting topic. [ male announcer ] introducing a powerful weapon in your fight against bugs. ortho home defense max. with a new continuous spray wand. and a fast acting formula. so you can kill bugs inside, and keep bugs out. guaranteed. ortho home defense max. [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we created the luxury crossover and kept turning the page, this is the next chapter for the rx and lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. acceler-rental. at a hertz expressrent kiosk, you can rent a car without a reservation... and without a line. now that's a fast car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. high schools in six states enrolled in the national math and science initiative... ...which helped students and teachers get better results in ap courses. together, they raised ap test scores 138%. just imagine our potential... ...if the other states joined them. let's raise our scores. let's invest in our teachers and inspire ou
i tell you, i think the clinton people are leaving the obama people and it's costing obama a lot of dough. stay with us. it's an interesting topic. [ male announcer ] introducing a powerful weapon in your fight against bugs. ortho home defense max. with a new continuous spray wand. and a fast acting formula. so you can kill bugs inside, and keep bugs out. guaranteed. ortho home defense max. [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we created the luxury crossover and kept turning the page, this...
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it could go to the obama race. among affluent suburban voters in michigan and east side of michigan and east side of detroit up the river and up the lake and so forth. mitt romney did very well. he may have won the election there. affluent suburban voters. now, this was one of obama's key areas of victory in 2008. is this a big swing that's going on? michigan is going to be a battleground state or possibly? why is your man getting the suburban vote? >> well, one of the things you see out of the demographics from last night in michigan, mitt did very well first amongst republicans, that's important in a republican primary with women, with catholics, with independents and others. and one of the reasons, i think is because of the economic message, part of the swing vote in the general election is going to be suburban voters, particularly suburban women, and one of the things they like about mitt romney is the fact that he has got a sense of getting the country turned around in a pro-growth, pro-jobs investment, entrep
it could go to the obama race. among affluent suburban voters in michigan and east side of michigan and east side of detroit up the river and up the lake and so forth. mitt romney did very well. he may have won the election there. affluent suburban voters. now, this was one of obama's key areas of victory in 2008. is this a big swing that's going on? michigan is going to be a battleground state or possibly? why is your man getting the suburban vote? >> well, one of the things you see out...
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i believe romney-ryan defeats obama-biden. as the democrats gather in charlotte next week, all i expect to hear from them is tax and spend and depend on government. our political panel will grade romney on like ability, growth policy, tax policy and the overall speech. also this evening, just as we look for a growth message from mitt romney, ben bernanke in jackson hole, wyoming, delivered a somber message on growth setting the stage the fed stands ready to act. investors liked that tease. they closed the day up 90 bucks. the nas up 18. the s&p up 7. on the lighter side, is team romney upset with clint eastwood's bizarre speech up staging the candidate? we try to figure out what the hell that was about even though i happen to love clint eastwood. anyway, first up this evening, here's my overall take. from the convention. mitt romney did a good job with his humble, grateful narrative of his biography last night. his magic love awe fair with his wife ann is, well, magical. he did a good job reminding the public how many tall len
i believe romney-ryan defeats obama-biden. as the democrats gather in charlotte next week, all i expect to hear from them is tax and spend and depend on government. our political panel will grade romney on like ability, growth policy, tax policy and the overall speech. also this evening, just as we look for a growth message from mitt romney, ben bernanke in jackson hole, wyoming, delivered a somber message on growth setting the stage the fed stands ready to act. investors liked that tease. they...
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. >> well, the one thing they really can agree on is they don't trust president obama to do it and they don't trust the concept of government spending to do it and while they have this kind of overarching philosophy of a smaller government they haven't been presented or agree upon the details of what needs to be done to shrink government spending in a meaningful way beyond saying to limit taxes and we want to get rid of the deficit. >> what does mr. romney have to say to unify the new gop delegates? >> mr. romney has to make an emotional connection with the republican base in a broader american people. that unity depends on the sense of kinship with governor romney. voting is an emotional act. it is not just an intellectual one and romney has to be able to deliver that in tampa. >> nice to see you. thanks. >> great to see you. >> kayla is back with a market flash. >> sue, ibm paying a jumbo premium for kenexa. 41% premium there. but that's driving the sympathy trade in other human capital management stocks like cornerstone on demand, ultimate software and saba software. jive software, a
. >> well, the one thing they really can agree on is they don't trust president obama to do it and they don't trust the concept of government spending to do it and while they have this kind of overarching philosophy of a smaller government they haven't been presented or agree upon the details of what needs to be done to shrink government spending in a meaningful way beyond saying to limit taxes and we want to get rid of the deficit. >> what does mr. romney have to say to unify the...
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what do you think about what obama said? >> i think that republicans understand that freedom isn't free, and that we have to be diligent in our national security, that we have to be focused on making certain that we are protecting our sovereignty and that we are defending our national interests, and you're going to see that from republican candidates. people are very concerned about the threat of terrorism. they're very concerned about what could possibly happen. we're looking at cyber security now. i think you're going to see a concentrated effort to make certain that we highlight the differences that exist between our eventual nominee and the president on such issues. >> all right. house member marcia blackburn in tennessee. thank you. >> good to be with you. >> we just have minutes to go until more polls close. we'll take a look at what happens next for the candidates after super tuesday. that's after super tuesday. at the top of the hour john harwood and maria bartiromo host a cnbc special "your money, your vote." right
what do you think about what obama said? >> i think that republicans understand that freedom isn't free, and that we have to be diligent in our national security, that we have to be focused on making certain that we are protecting our sovereignty and that we are defending our national interests, and you're going to see that from republican candidates. people are very concerned about the threat of terrorism. they're very concerned about what could possibly happen. we're looking at cyber...
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in the meantime, president obama talking oil prices at a news conference last hour, saying the recent spike in pump prices could hurt our recovery. >> i want gas prices lower because they hurt families, because i meet folks every day who have to drive a long way to get to work, and them filling up this gas tank gets more and more painful. and it's a tax out of their pocketbooks, out of their paychecks. >> the president went on to say there's no silver bullets when it comes to fixing our energy needs, calling for a mix of increased production, conservation and also clean energy technology. >>> while oil prices are moving lower today on news that the u.s. and five other world powers have agreed on new talks with iran over its nuclear program, oil falling about 1.5%, backing off recent highs that brought prices past 109 bucks a barrel late last month. the world's leading energy executives are gathering today in houston, texas. that's where we find our own sharon epperson. sharon? >> reporter: brian, a lot of the executives here at this energy conference have a lot to say about how we cou
in the meantime, president obama talking oil prices at a news conference last hour, saying the recent spike in pump prices could hurt our recovery. >> i want gas prices lower because they hurt families, because i meet folks every day who have to drive a long way to get to work, and them filling up this gas tank gets more and more painful. and it's a tax out of their pocketbooks, out of their paychecks. >> the president went on to say there's no silver bullets when it comes to fixing...
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obama won. now, you're going to have to reconcile that in order to get anything done. >> we've got to go to ohio because, you know, here we are hearing that the romney campaign is contesting this. this win out of ohio. >> not conceding. >> not conceding, not conceding, pardon me. let's get to scott cohn, live, i want to get the flavor live on the ground in ohio. scott, what can you tell us? >> reporter: first of all when ohio is the state that put romney over the top as many suggested, you get the reaction from the very pro-obama crowd here. but let me take you through what the issue is with ohio and why, perhaps, the romney camp is not conceding it yet. the two candidates with the raw vote totals now, about 75% of the raw votes in, separated by about 30,000 votes. that's not enough when you start figuring in the provisional ballots. remember we talked about 200,000 provisional votes that -- provisional votes likely to be counted. they start count of that in ten days. here's the thing the obama
obama won. now, you're going to have to reconcile that in order to get anything done. >> we've got to go to ohio because, you know, here we are hearing that the romney campaign is contesting this. this win out of ohio. >> not conceding. >> not conceding, not conceding, pardon me. let's get to scott cohn, live, i want to get the flavor live on the ground in ohio. scott, what can you tell us? >> reporter: first of all when ohio is the state that put romney over the top as...
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i think a few weeks ago the expectation was obama's in office, there's no real election. now it is getting very, very close. the key is a surprise will move the markets. romney will be positive for the market. not only because of less regulation and things like that but also the fiscal cliff debate will go better with romney because republicans will probably own both houses of congress and the presidency if romney wins. to me that's -- over the next three months or so, that's the most important issue. >> what if mr. romney does not win? >> if mr. romney doesn't win, effectively you have status quo. we think the fiscal cliff debate goes much worse. first you don't get the romney bounce, you probably get a bit of a sell-off on that. the bigger issue is the end of this year, i think it is going to be the summer of last year around the debt ceiling debate. i think it is going to be real lreally ugly. >> what areas of the market do you like with the longer term view past the election? >> right. if you look out beyond just the election and fiscal cliff issues, i think the key i
i think a few weeks ago the expectation was obama's in office, there's no real election. now it is getting very, very close. the key is a surprise will move the markets. romney will be positive for the market. not only because of less regulation and things like that but also the fiscal cliff debate will go better with romney because republicans will probably own both houses of congress and the presidency if romney wins. to me that's -- over the next three months or so, that's the most important...
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remember obama's talking about raising rates to 40%, 42%. at the same time that mitt romney is talking about a reaganite 20% reduction in rates. i love it. >> the contrast between romney's lower tax rates and obama's massive tax rate increase is unbelievable, steve moore. romney should sell that and talk about that -- >> it means that he's reading the "wall street journal" editorial page and watching his kudlow report. because we've been saying this for six months. >> larry, you'd better take a breath. if t. seems like you're hyperventilating over this. >> africa i of course i am. >> this is your orgasmic dreamt come true. >> not that good. >> that's too much information for me. it worked so well in the bush years when you cut rates and -- no, it didn't, actually. and it worked so well under clinton when you raised rates on the rich and the economy -- no, it didn't. but i mean you can have your fantasy. i would hate to take that away from you. >> wait a second. >> mitt romney -- >> david corn, can i reintroduce you to john f. kennedy, who wa
remember obama's talking about raising rates to 40%, 42%. at the same time that mitt romney is talking about a reaganite 20% reduction in rates. i love it. >> the contrast between romney's lower tax rates and obama's massive tax rate increase is unbelievable, steve moore. romney should sell that and talk about that -- >> it means that he's reading the "wall street journal" editorial page and watching his kudlow report. because we've been saying this for six months....
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let's check out our cnbc obama and romney portfolios on the back of yesterday's vp face-off. both indices are down today with the market but the president's portfolio is leading this year, it is up more than 10%. mr. romney's portfolio up about 1%. so what kind of stocks are in those particular portfolios? the president's has autos, health care and housing stocks such as tesla, tenet health care and dr horton. mr. romney has tobacco, coal and oil stocks such as philip morris, halliburton and arch coal. >>> it was a story that our wealth editor robert frank -- we called him swanky franky -- brought to you first a couple of days ago here on "power lunch." millionaires and billionaires, the swanky, getting massive tax breaks for moving into a swanky condo building in new york. we said it would cause outrage, and indeed it has. robert is here with new developments. >> just to continue the rhymes, it's made some people cranky! well, city officials are now taking a closer look at those tax breaks that are given to new york's tallest and most glamorous condo tower. the tower is call
let's check out our cnbc obama and romney portfolios on the back of yesterday's vp face-off. both indices are down today with the market but the president's portfolio is leading this year, it is up more than 10%. mr. romney's portfolio up about 1%. so what kind of stocks are in those particular portfolios? the president's has autos, health care and housing stocks such as tesla, tenet health care and dr horton. mr. romney has tobacco, coal and oil stocks such as philip morris, halliburton and...
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obama's er veracity. more than any other president we've ever seen, this incumbent is willing to say things that aren't enin the area code of the truth. thus he gives himself credit for the natural gas drilling boom. the deficits are still mr. bush's fault. mr. obama has never raised taxes. and green jobs in his dream economy are blooming by the millions. now, that is just -- wow. nothing from -- see? >> i'm trying to think through -- >> it's working. >> i'm trying to think through what i could possibly tell you -- >> he hasn't raised taxes. he's raised the prospect of taxes. >> this is one version of propaganda a one side. we could maybe read the "new york times" editorial page and say that's the other side. the truth is probably somewhere close to the middle. >> but just about definite s deficits. in eight years, bush headed $3.9 trillion. in 3 1/2 years, $5 trillion. >> a couple caveats to all of that, but i won't dispute the numbers. >> but we matt point before, the buffett tax over ten-years will rai
obama's er veracity. more than any other president we've ever seen, this incumbent is willing to say things that aren't enin the area code of the truth. thus he gives himself credit for the natural gas drilling boom. the deficits are still mr. bush's fault. mr. obama has never raised taxes. and green jobs in his dream economy are blooming by the millions. now, that is just -- wow. nothing from -- see? >> i'm trying to think through -- >> it's working. >> i'm trying to think...
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we should -- obama is right. we ought to help companies that invest in jobs and create jobs in america and not create jobs oversea. that's what we've been doing. our tax code is really screwed up. inequality is a big problem in this country. not because of some moral code on the left. but because when you get too much inequality and people stop believing in the system, you ruin the country. we are in real danger in this country because of wealth inequality. >> wealth has risen across the globe. it's not a u.s. only issue. >> that's true. that's a big problem. >> what's unique about the united states is the united states has done better over the past 30 years than countries which have decided to keep tax rates high and keep their industries regulated. by lowering marginal tax rates, by deregulating has given the u.s. a huge advantage over countries that haven't. >> the times we did best of all is when bill clinton was president. i think we ought to have the same tax rates we had when bill clinton was president. >>
we should -- obama is right. we ought to help companies that invest in jobs and create jobs in america and not create jobs oversea. that's what we've been doing. our tax code is really screwed up. inequality is a big problem in this country. not because of some moral code on the left. but because when you get too much inequality and people stop believing in the system, you ruin the country. we are in real danger in this country because of wealth inequality. >> wealth has risen across the...